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Comment Re:Depends on why. (Score 2) 18

by barrtender on Monday December 27, 2010 @08:56PM (#34681420) Attached to: States Letting Students Opt Out of P.E.

That's what I thought when I read this. When I was in High School we could get out of PE if we were in sports for that season. Personally I know that Cross Country, Basketball, then Track were much more physical exercise than PE. It looks like the article may have totally missed the point of PE though...

Comment Math is an art (Score 1) 680

by barrtender on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @02:32PM (#34643646) Attached to: Mathematics As the Most Misunderstood Subject

Reminds me of this essay: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf

Comment Re:Ants inspired by Next Generation of Algorithms (Score 1) 106

by barrtender on Monday December 13, 2010 @07:42PM (#34540968) Attached to: Next Generation of Algorithms Inspired by Ants

Algorithms inspired by Next Generation of Ants?

Comment Magic / More Magic (Score 1) 208

by barrtender on Monday December 13, 2010 @03:41PM (#34537544) Attached to: Stunts, Idiocy, and Hero Hacks

These remind me of the classic 'Magic' vs 'More Magic' switch. http://ftp.sunet.se/jargon/html/magic-story.html

Comment Re:old machinery (Score 3, Funny) 234

by barrtender on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @02:44PM (#34335072) Attached to: Computer Crashed New Orleans Real Estate Market

Was this before that parish banned pencils or before?

From the two choices given I'd have to guess before.

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